How to empower your child + Warner Bros. giveaway

Like all parents, I want the absolute best for my children. I want them to be empowered, to feel confident and be able to strive and enjoy all the opportunities life has to offer.

There are times, however, that I want to just wrap my two girls up in cotton wool, lock all the doors and protect them from anything that might cause them harm, sadness, discomfort, anxiety… and the list goes on.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s wonderful to see them grow up and experience new things, but there is a part of me that doesn’t want them to learn any of the hard lessons. I want them to be Super Heroes with powers to cope with the tough times, even when I’m not around.

How to empower your child

So the question remains, how do we empower our children to manage those difficult times when we aren’t around? Here are some ideas that I believe could help build a child’s sense of empowerment and build them up to feel like Super Heroes –

Making choices

It’s important, even at a young age, that children are given an opportunity to make choices. It helps them to build confidence and feel empowered. It also helps them to develop good judgement and cope with a variety of situations as they grow older. Of course, it’s a good idea to offer very young children small choices between two options.

Don’t fix your child’s everything all the time

Children need to be given an opportunity to problem solve and fix any issues themselves, rather than always be rescued from them. As parents we need to step back because then children learn that it’s okay for things to not go the way they’d hoped and that their feelings are normal.

Model a positive attitude

Help your child learn to see things as a glass half full, rather than half empty. If they are feeling sad, angry, disappointed then offer them some helpful and supportive words that will encourage them to think how things could be improved or changed next time.

Encourage their interests

Empower your child by demonstrating that their interests are important and valued by you. Take the time to find out what your child really enjoys and encourage them in that field.

Into the future

Enjoy little conversations with your child about the future. Empower them to dream and dream big. If a child can envision themselves being successful and doing something important and fulfilling when they grow up they will certainly feel more empowered and confident. If they dream to be a superhero, for example, don’t discourage them, encourage their dreams instead.

Of course children learn so much through their own experiences and as tempting as it can be to want to jump in and ‘save them’, with the right kind of ongoing encouragement and support, children will build their sense of empowerment over time.

With thanks to Warner Bros. Consumer Products, you can win one of 10 prize packs! Each pack is valued at $50 and includes one of each of these adorable soft and cuddly baby rompers.

1 x DC Comics Baby Romper in Batman style (RRP $25)

1 x DC Comics Baby Romper in Superman style (RRP $25

To enter, simply leave me a comment below telling me –

What super power would you love to have and why?Competition now closed.

Maybe you’d like the power to click your fingers and have your house sparkling clean or dinner ready and served on the table. What would your superhero power be?

Terms and Conditions

This giveaway is unfortunately only open for Australian Residents Only

The prize packs are only available in size 00

Competition concludes on Monday 29th Feb, 2016 at 9pm (EST)

The winner will be chosen based on originality and creativity of their comment

Entrants will need to provide a valid email address

Winners will be contacted via email. If you have not left a valid email address for us to contact you with, someone else will be drawn instead. Winners will need to contact me and provide their postal address within 48 hours or the prize/samples will be reallocated.

Comments

Yes, yes and yes! Love all your empowerment suggestions – they are what we do in our family too. If I were to have a superpower, it would be to stretch and shrink time. How good would it be to be able to shrink that hour lost waiting in the line at Medicare, and instead stretch the time you have playing in the park? Haha, one can dream!

Oh these are the cutest and I have two friends having boys so know exactly where two 00 rompers could go!! 🙂
I’d have to say I’d want the super power of mind reading… I think it would help eliminate lots of misunderstandings in the world – or my world at least!! 😉

The rompers are adorable. I would definitely love a cleaning super power. Dishes washed and floors vacuumed with the blink of an eye. With two little super heroes of our own, keeping the house clean certainly requires some sort of super power 🙂

‘Super’ cute giveaway, hehe 🙂 I would like the super power of cloning myself. Sometimes one of me is just not enough and I need to be in two places at the same time. With 3 kids, a husband, studying and working, this would really come in handy.

What gorgeous onesies! I would love these for baby Archie! As a new mum, I would wish to have the superpower of knowing why my baby boy is crying. Sometimes when I’m sleep deprived and he has been unsettled and I’ve tried everything – feeding, changing, putting down for a nap – I would just love to know what’s making him upset so I can help him make it better!

Lovely suggestion. I’d have to go with a superpower that allowed me to fly! I could launch off and escape the worries of the world with the wind whistling through my hair. Imagine the feeling of freedom! I’m sure I could also use my flying super powers to help rescue people who need help and it would also be handy for visiting friends. haha 🙂

I would love the power to achieve the impossible, whatever you can imagine, powerful dreams becoming reality. Tap into the true potential of the mind and unlock , discover secrets that go beyond our universe.

I am a mum and foster mum to 4 boys with autism. I would love the super power to be able to get inside their heads and experience life through their body even for a few hours. To be able to understand them in this way would help me be able to help them.

I’d love the ability to foresee the near future so I can stop my kids BEFORE they empty all the talc powder, coffee, paint, sugar and whatever else they can get there hands on, all over the floor. I’d also be able to prevent all my groceries being opened and one bite taken out of each and every biscuit, banana, apple, slice of bread…….etc.

I would love to be able to make it snow.its so fun to play in with the kids helps their coordination and
aim when throwing snowballs..lol…better yet I can stop the ice caps from melting and save my
polar bears so my kids and future generations can enjoy they majestic beauty and way of life

I love everyones comments above. I’d love to be able to see in the future so I know what to write as the winning entry…… Those outfits are just adorable – my partner and I are always fighting over who is better – Batman or Superman!!!

My superpower would be to create world peace so the entire world could heal and no more wars so all the children in the world could be happy and empowered…just imagine the possibilities if everyone in the world worked together for the enhancement of mankind.

I’d love to be able to clean my house with the point of a finger or the wink of an eye. I can think of so many more wonderful things to do instead of clean, but I’m afraid for me it’s a necessary evil.

Having any kind of superpower would be pretty beneficial.
Most of all I have always wished I could control time – I’d love to have a ‘pause’ button not only so I could catch up on those menial tasks but so that I could truly relish every moment with the kids that are growing up way too fast!

I would love to be able to travel anywhere I want instantly, simply by thinking about it, both in present times, past and in the future. That way I could see the world, stop bad things from happening and cause a lot of good in the lives of my friends and family.

It would be amazing to grow an extra arm when needed and actually have eyes in the back of my head. With a toddler who is always getting up to mischief, and another one on the way it would definitely come in handy. Even without kids it would make things so much easier and quicker.

I’d love the power to understand what my baby is saying/crying about before they can talk. How great would it be to know what their babbling about and why they are so upset (even if their reason sends unreasonable to us lol)

The ability to time travel. While it would be fun to see some of the greatest moments in history or prevent some great disasters, just think – You could stop the disasters happening in your own home. Your child didn’t make it to the bathroom? Zing, yes they did! Coloring on the walls? Kapow, not anymore! No more accidents, no more spills. No more infuriating doctors bills. Just a happy child, a happy wife, and me with the secret to a happier life!

Plus, if I didn’t win this ‘super’ prize I could go back and change my answer to the winning entry, woohoo!

Would love the power of time travel. Way too many times I think of something utterly hilariously witty to say, but it’s 5 minutes too late! I need to go back and wow everyone in the conversation properly 🙂

Just saw these gorgeous onesies. I would love to be able to stop time. I could then do all my chores during the ‘stopped’ time and go get a massage during normal time. Plus I could keep my boy younger for longer 🙂